DoNoHarm Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 Science Fiction: Peter F. Hamilton: Nights Dawn Trilogy, pretty much anything else he writes Jim Butcher: A must read. I'm not a Fantasy reader, but this guy's writing is superb and his characters are fantastic Alistair Reynolds: pretty much anything he writes Iain Banks: great UK writer with non traditional storylines / endings Charles Stross: Wow, never thought about it, but nearly all my favs are UK writers. . . . Drama Fiction Harlan Coben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiDirkona Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Here's a book I honestly didn't expect to like: Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand. I'm not all the way through yet, but all the little plot twists and characters that come and go are quite surprising. It's like daytime soap opera with socio/political commentary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravityBad Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 HAYNES GMC Yukon XL repair manual....even though its a love/hate read, i always find myself trying to comprehend its complexities, inevitable plot twists, and resulting vise like tension headahes it creates with the turn of each page. 2001: A Space Odyssey, Arthur C. Clarke Into Thin Air, John Krakauer Into The Wild, John Krakauer The Lost Explorer, Conrad Anker Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenence, Robert Pirsig Desert Solitaire, Edward Abbey Genius, James Gleick Easter Island, Thor Heyerdahl Youth In Revolt, C.D. Payne most Robert Ludlum novels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken hebert Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 just finished "pale horse coming" by stephen hunter. found it to be as good as the others i've read, and i really enjoyed the somewhat thinly veiled characters of Jack O'Connor, Ed McGivern, and Audie Murphy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codyb Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Born to Run McDougall, Christopher The Real George Washington Parry, Jay A The Count of Monte Cristo Dumas, Alexandre God's Debris: A Thought Experiment Adams, Scott The 5000 Year LeapSkousen, W. Cleon The Old Man and the Sea Hemingway, Ernest World War Z Brooks, Max Lone Survivor Luttrell, Marcus The Robe Douglas, Lloyd C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nfiniti Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 1984 by George Orwell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmdCtzn Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 I see many of my favorites listed, but am I the only one that reads Joseph Campbell? Hero With a Thousand Faces? The Power of Myth? I love all of his stuff. I can't believe I saw Bored of the Rings listed. I didn't think anybody else knew about that book. Absolutely hilarious if you're a Tolkien fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobS761 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 I have the first 2012 post in this thread! Hard to list individual books, I read 2 or 3 a week sometimes, but here goes: Vince Flynn books. Lee Child's Reacher series Day by day Armageddon 30 Seconds After The Joe Ledger series. LL westerns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleL Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Wow someone had Zelazny on their list. The Chronicles of Amber is awesome. I am a huge S. King fan, highly recommend his Dark Tower Series, beginning with The Gunslinger. Truly a badass story. Nowadays you don't have to wait years between books either..... Run Rabbit Run by John Updike. Pretty cool and somewhat wacky story. An English teacher suggested I read it for a report way back in high school, turned out I actually liked it. He was a smart dude for sure. Flight of the Intruder By Coonts got me hooked on flying novels as a young kid. Too bad they made such a sucky movie of it. The one book that really made me into the reader I am now was titled Golem in the Gears, by Piers Anthony. The whole Xanth series seems to me now like it was for kids. How I loved those books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseM Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 (edited) Science Fiction Novels The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester Non-Fiction Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson It's an amazing book that reads like an Indiana Jones adventure only it happens to be true. Edited January 17, 2013 by JesseM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatsauce Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Many many great books out there, but of the books I've read recently, I really enjoyed Rough Riders by Theodore Roosevelt. Can't believe I hav'nt read it before now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biloxi23 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 "Robert's Ridge" and "In the Company of Heroes." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangocharlie Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 (edited) I was glad to see someone besides myself old enough to be a John D. McDonald / Travis McGee fan. McGee was the tough guy that had soft spots for strays, damsels in distress, and victims of the ruthless......and I still dig them out and re-read them from time to time. Along with... Anything by Heinlein Anything by Ruark Most anything by Asimov Anything by Edgar Rice Burroughs Anything by Capstick Anything by Hemingway I am and have always been a voracious reader. Unfortunately my reading of choice has always leaned to escapist matter, as evidenced by my author's list. So be it..... Can't believe I left Stephen Hunter off my list. Edited February 16, 2013 by tangocharlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3GunNation Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 The newest 3-Gun Nation Print Magazine is ready to ship to your home. In this issue: • Coverage and action photography from the 2013 AR15.com Pro-Am • 3 Gun Rifle Fundamentals and skills to improve your game • Anatomy of a modular Trigger • The 3-Gun Ferarri - a review of the JP15 • How to convert your AR to .22LR • 20 questions with team Stag Arms Pro Kalani Laker • A look inside the world of Surefire • News from the 3-Gun Nation Pro Series and National Club Series And much more. Get it delivered to your door 6 times a year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafdov368 Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 The Great Shark Hunt - Hunter S. Thompson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorCal707 Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Recently read a SHTF novel, The Dog Stars by Peter Heller and it was one of the best books I've read in quite awhile. Authors writing style is a bit different but I still thoroughly enjoyed the read! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diver60540 Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Everything Elmore Lenord wrote. If you haven't, check out the westerns too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjm1776 Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 13 Hours Service To Hell and Back Terror at Beslan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biloxi23 Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 I have been on a Cormac McCarthy reading frenzy the last couple of weeks: No Country For Old Men All the Pretty Horses The Crossing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niltreth Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 CALL OF THE WILD - JACK LONDON, 1903 "He had never seen dogs fight as these wolfish creatures fought, and his first experience taught him an unforgettable lesson. it is true, it was a vicarious experience, else he would not have lived to profit by it. Curly was the victim. They were camped near the log store, where she, in her friendly way, made advances to a husky dog the size of a full-grown wolf, though not half so large as she. There was no warning, only a leap in like a flash, a metallic clip of teeth, a leap out equally swift, and Curly's face was ripped open from eye to jaw. It was the wolf manner of fighting, to strike and leap away; but there was more to it than this. Thirty or forty huskies ran to the spot and surrounded the combatants in an intent and silent circle. Buck did not comprehend that silent intentness, nor the eager way with which they were licking their chops. Curly rushed her antagonist, who struck again and leaped aside. He met her next rush with his chest, in a peculiar fashion that tumbled her off her feet. She never regained them. This was what the onlooking huskies had waited for. They closed in upon her, snarling and yelping, and she was buried, screaming with agony, beneath the bristling mass of bodies. So sudden was it, and so unexpected, that Buck was taken aback. He saw Spitz run out his scarlet tongue in a way he had of laughing; and he saw Francois, swinging an axe, spring into the mess of dogs. Three men with clubs were helping him to scatter them. It did not take long. Two minutes from the time Curly went down, the last of her assailants were clubbed off. But she lay there limp and lifeless in the bloody, trampled snow, almost literally torn to pieces, the swart half-breed standing over her and cursing horribly. The scene often came back to Buck to trouble him in his sleep. So that was the way. No fair play. Once down, that was the end of you. Well, he would see to it that he never went down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardmix Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 S.L. Shelton....Scott Wolfe series...you can thank me later! Hardmix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardmix Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Don winslow...The Power of the dog. Good read. Hardmix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardmix Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 David Baldacci....Memory Man....great writer and good new character that I suspect will come around again. Hardmix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardmix Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Daniel Sylva...The English Girl, to be honest anything he writes is solid. Hardmix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardmix Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Ted Bell...Warlod. Hardmix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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